Oil-can



(No Model.)

` U. REIFFBR 8v J. F. STAUFFER.

OIL GAN.

No. 480,742. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULRICH REIFFER AND JOHN F. STAUFFER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,742, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed April 19, 1892.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that we, ULRICH REIFEER and JOHN F. STAUFFEE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersV skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction in oil cans orreceptacles for holding highly-volatile oils or uids, the object beingto provide a device ot' this character by the use of which the liabilityof explosion will be reduced to a minimum.v l

Theinvention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter fully described Vandspecilcally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure l is avertical sectional view of a can constructed in accordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view on the linev2 2 of Fig. l.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates a can `having a handle andsupply-opening ot ordinary construction. Near the upper end of said canis arranged an inclined spout l, hermetically secured to the sides ot'the can and tapered toward the outer end thereof. An upright tube 2 islocated within the can and secured to the side thereof and leads from apoint near the bottom of the can, where said tube is enlarged or flared,as at 3. At its upper end portion said tube 2 passes through the side ofthe can and into the spout l by an inclined upper end 4, which extendssome distance up into the spout l. The said spoilt l is larger incross-section than said tube Il and is adapted to receive an outlet-tube5, that extends from the lower end portion of the spout and belowtheupper end of the tube 2 out through the upper end of spout l by Ineans0f a nozzle 6, which can be closed by a cap 7 in the usual manner. Theoutlet-tube 5 has Serial No. 429,815. (No model.)

a hermetic connection with the upper end of spout l, while the saidtubes 4 and 5 are suitably secured within the spout by any convenientmeans.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we provide aneffective seal to prevent the exit of the combustible vapors from thecan, for, as shown in Fig.V l, a certain amount of oil will alwaysremain within the spout l, which serves to close or seal the lower endof outlet-tube 5 in an obvious manner, and that therefore the vaporsfrom the oil within the can cannot escape and cause an explosion, assometimes occurs. It will be further noted that the oil standing in thetube 5 is only subject to evaporation, and that the area of such tubewill eliectually prevent the evaporation in such quantity as would causean explosion. A further advantage gained by the use of such a can restsin the fact that this can will not explode it' used to pour oil whenthere is a flame or tire adjacent thereto, as the fire caunot gainaccess to the interior of the can on account of the seal formed in thespout.

IVe claim as our inventionl. A can having a spout l, a tube 2, leadingfrom the interior of said can into said spout, and an outlet-tube 5,leading from the said spout below the upper end of said tube 2.

2. Acan having a spout l, a tube 2, leading from the lower end portionof said can into said spout, and an outlet-tube 5, leading from saidspout below the upper end of said tube 2.

3. Acan having a spout l, a tube 2, having a iiared lower end 3, locatedat the lower end portion of said can and having its upper end leadinginto said spout, and an outlet-tube 5, leading from said spout below theupper end of said tube 2.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence ofv twowitnesses.

ULRICH REIFFER. JOI-IN F. STAUFFER.

Witnesses:

HARRY C. KENNEDY, RUDOLPH N. Lorz.

